Most stats and awards in the season reports are based on
played games, and therefore ignore games that were forfeited or
not played for any reason. For example, if a player achieved six played
wins plus a forfeit win in a season, only the six played wins would be
recognised, so the player’s overall season record would be assumed to be
6/6, not 7/7.
Note that for the 4545 reports, the chart that shows the positions
of the final top three teams over the course of the season (example)
is retroactively calculated from the final confirmed set of match
results for the season. In other words, it doesn’t necessarily show each
team’s position at the time each round happened, and it won’t
show the effect of any Lichess fair play decisions on the standings
either.
Most of the LoneWolf season reports are likely to contain
potentially wrong or misleading information related to
gambits. This is because the original data and
functions that I used for computing the gambit stats had significant
errors, and although I fixed these problems in December 2021, since then
I’ve only managed to republish the season reports for the 4545 league
(except seasons 1 and 12)…which means that most of the LW reports
haven’t been corrected yet (in this respect). The reports for the LW
seasons completed since Jan 2022 are fine
I consider any account that’s been banned by Lichess for ToS
violations to be ineligible for any published season award, even if the
account was only banned after the relevant season report was first
published on the site. This position is reflected in the compiled
all-seasons awards table, where all currently ineligible players are
scrubbed every time the table is refreshed, but you may still see
ineligible players listed as receiving awards in individual season
reports.
Corrections
If you see mistakes or want to suggest changes, please create an issue on the source repository.